‘Anna’s 12 Steps to Love’
Fremantle Australia has signed a first-look deal with Keshet International (KI) covering the global producer/distributor’s non-scripted formats catalogue in Australia/New Zealand.
That includes formats such as singing show Showdown – Aviv/Eyal, dance series Masters of Dance, celebrity-led docu-reality series Anna’s 12 Steps To Love plus upcoming titles.
The arrangement also encompasses entertainment and factual entertainment formats from independent production companies supported by the UK’s Greenbird Media, in which KI acquired a majority stake earlier this year.
Among those formats are Tuesday Child’s musical game show Playlisters, Crackit Productions’ reality series Bad Habits, Holy Orders, Rumpus Media’s algorithm-powered dating show Personal Dater and Top Hat’s social experiment format Bussing.
Back in 2013 Keshet Australia was launched as a joint venture between KI and RACAT, the production group owned by David Haslingden, but that folded. RACAT was sold to Canada’s Blue Ant Media last year.
Fremantle Asia Pacific CEO Chris Oliver-Taylor said: “The opportunity to partner with creative powerhouse Keshet gives our Australian development slate great depth, and enhances our ability to sell and create amazing content. Our creative team led by director of content Jennifer Collins and director of unscripted Caroline Spencer are exceptional at adapting international formats for our local market and we expect great success to come from our partnership with Keshet International.”